With a hit of the space bar, I switched from my sword and shield to my blaster and found myself walking backward while slamming lasers bolts into slowly moving undead."Įxperienced, such that I found myself on a graveyard-themed level, surrounded by much tougher zombies and ghouls. "I found myself on a graveyard-themed level, surrounded by much tougher zombies and ghouls. On one of the latest nights I played, I auto-joined a group that was either farther down than I had ever been or simply more There are many different varieties of monsters and puzzles to solve, and new ones are just another descent into the gearworks away. Fortunately, it's the kind of gameplay that makes you sit back with a cold one (in my case, a hot tea) and just go for it. After all, there's nothing more satisfying than chopping or shooting your way through scores of blocks and enemies.Īnd there shall be chopping and shooting - a lot of chopping and shooting. At first I thought that this would be annoying - being thrust into groups with strangers - but it worked smoothly, and most players wanted to play the game correctly. If you go alone, the game makes a group for you automatically, and other players are automatically joined with you. You can run around town meeting new players and selling items and then jump into one of the many strange clockwork dungeons by yourself or with a group. If you've played lobby-style games like Guild Wars that feature open social areas that act as hubs into content, then you will be familiar with some of the gameplay behind Spiral Knights. Soon after, I resembled one mean little hot-spirited robot.Īfter going through a series of basic tutorials, you are released into the greater world. After I was done looking through all the cool stuff I had, I decided that I liked the volcano set of armor the best. Customization is not very robust at the beginning, but thanks to my press-pass goodies, I found that customization truly opens up as you gain more gear. In Spiral Knights, brought to us by Puzzle Pirates' Three Rings, you play the role of a stocky robot, armed to the chin with guns, swords and bombs.
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